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Exclusive Cover Reveal: Affairs & Assets by E.M. Caro

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Today on the site I’m delighted to welcome E.M. Caro to reveal the cover of eir upcoming Affairs & Assets, sequel to Rears & Vices, releasing March 16, 2027! Here’s the story:

From the author of cult hit Rears & Vices comes the anticipated sequel AFFAIRS & ASSETS: a spicy, swashbuckling, polyamorous historical romance featuring fan-favorite Preston D’Arcy!

Navyman, turncoat spy, and agent of chaos Preston D’Arcy once gave up everything in the name of love and piracy. Now he’s an enthusiastic third, caught between his former captain and the man’s infamous pirate of a husband, and the little voice that wonders if he’s truly achieved happily ever after is not a priority.

While on an errand for said husbands in Philadelphia, D’Arcy finds that not only is he pirate non grata, but his youngest sister Princey’s reputation is in ruins. Her only redemption lies in her new fiancé, American smuggler and villain Maxime Regnard… who is also D’Arcy’s estranged lover of years past. Such a marriage simply cannot happen, so with Princey’s assent, D’Arcy whisks her away from society and her betrothed.

When Maxime pursues, intending to steal her back, D’Arcy instead takes him hostage. And after sister-rescuing (part two) goes awry in unforeseen ways, and Maxime becomes an ally against unexpected foes, D’Arcy suspects things might not be quite as they seem. That Maxime might not be quite as villainous—or as over him—as D’Arcy thought.

But fiercely loyal D’Arcy “belongs” to two men already. If he and Maxime are to forge any kind of future, they must break down the barriers of jealousy and betrayal at long last and find understanding in each other.

And here’s the swashbucklingly sexy cover by Jan Falk at Thistle Arts!

Affairs & Assets by E.M. Caro. Two piratical looking men standing on a suggestion of an ocean shoreline. The man on the left is white, auburn-haired and green eyed. His white, frilled shirt is falling open to reveal his chest. He's casually holding a flintlock pistol in his right hand and looking fondly down at the other man. His left hand is pulling the other man's arm closer. The man on the right is white, with long dark hair and a gold earring in his left ear. He's wearing a bright blue shirt open to reveal his chest and black breeches with embroidery. He is looking up at the auburn-haired man in a pleading way. His right hand is poised about to caress the other man's face, and his left hand is gripping the other man's biceps.

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E.M. (aka Eri) is a bilingual language and linguistics nerd from the midwest USA who was raised on an unconventional combination of (some) secular homeschooling, romance novels, and a relatively tame exchange year (if you know you know). In what turned out to be very good financial foresight, Eri left academia early and hasn’t yet returned.

Eri’s books have been featured in The New York Times Book Review, Book Riot, The Smut Report, and elsewhere.